Plate Tectonics

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What are plate tectonics? IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN EXAMPLE ON HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE, PLEASE CHECK: https://prezi.com/n-8ibkiw881r/number-systems/ More info on Harry H. Earthquakes Born-May 24, 1906Died-August 25, 1969Occupation-Geologist and Sailor in U.S. Army and Harry Hess Continental & Oceanic Crust -Heat in earth's core -Hot spots deep in Earth cause convection currents - the currents cause the plates to move very slowly. What causes the plates to move? Seafloor Spreading what causes plate tectonics Plate Tectonics Two plates sliding past each other Ocean crust is the thinnest crustContinental crust is thickest Continental crust is oldestContinental crust 40 milesdown Oceanic crust 2.5-3 miles down Existed over 225 million years agoSuper continentLarge landmassSlowly slid away40 millimeters away a year a theory that ascribes continental drift formation of mountain belts moving plates of the Earth's crust supported on less rigid mantle rocks Pangea Plates moving away Causes magma to move up New ocean floors Causes deep trenchesCaused by new oceanic crustMoves 5cm a year -the structure of the Earths' layers

-solid rock on the crust move around on top of magma

-sometimes collide

-like cookie pieces floating in milk. Harry Hammond Hess was a geologist and United States Navy officer in World War II. Considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics, Rear Admiral Harry Hammond Hess was born on May 24, 1906 in New York City. THE END